FORMER MAFIA ASSOCIATE: This is how we used a lion to intimidate people
Frank DiMatteo, author of The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia, was a close associate of the Gallo crime family and also drove getaway cars for the Mafia. He explains how the bosses, Larry and...
View ArticleThis floating gun sculpture has a powerful message
There is currently a heated debate around the topic of gun violence in the United States. Artist Michael Murphy has created a sculpture in response to the violent acts within and outside the...
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Police departments are furious at Walmart for a policy that has made it a...
More than 200 violent crimes have been committed so far this year at Walmart locations across the US — about one per day. And, according to a new Bloomberg article, a company policy is to blame....
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Taking down Zetas cartel leaders has had an alarming effect on violence in...
His spacious house and lawn in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Victoria are surrounded by tall walls, and stand in a gated community with more high fences and security guards.But even here, sitting...
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Murder cases are soaring in Chicago, but there aren't enough detectives to...
CHICAGO — Every two weeks, Cynthia Lewis contacts the detectives investigating the homicide of her brother on Chicago's South Side almost a year ago.They have had no success finding who shot Tyjuan...
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Police can't stop and search your cars just because your state legalizes...
Motorists from states where marijuana is legal can breathe a bit easier on their next cross-country road trip thanks to a federal appeals court ruling yesterday.In a 2-1 decision, the Tenth Circuit...
View ArticleFORMER MAFIA ASSOCIATE: This is what 'The Sopranos' got right
Frank DiMatteo, author of The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia, was a close associate of the Gallo crime family in Brooklyn, New York and also drove getaway cars for the Mafia. He explains what...
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Arsonists struck the Brussels Institute of Criminology
An explosion was reported at the Brussels Institute of Criminology in the north of Brussels on Monday but the building was empty and no one was wounded.A car rammed through the barriers at about 3 a.m....
View ArticleHere's footage of Brock Turner leaving jail after serving half of his 6-month...
Brock Turner, the ex-Stanford University swimmer who was convicted of sexual assault, has been released from jail after three months. Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
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Angry Copenhagen residents just destroyed the city's 'hashish supermarket'
Copenhagen residents used crowbars, power tools, and a bulldozer to demolish an infamous open-air drug market known as "Pusher Street" on Friday following a shooting that injured two police officers...
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Vandals just decimated Burning Man's 'fancy camp' founded by the son of a...
One of Burning Man's luxury camps was ransacked by vandals on Wednesday night, according to a post on the camp's Facebook page.The White Ocean camp hosts dozens of free techno-music concerts at its...
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Mexican soldiers kill 10 members of a suspected criminal group near the US...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers killed ten members of a criminal group accused of ambushing a military patrol near the U.S. border in the violent northern state of Tamaulipas on Saturday, the...
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The UK is proposing that all victims of crimes should have the rights to meet...
For some victims of crime, coming face to face with the perpetrator can be a cathartic experience.Now, a new report from British MPs on the Justice Select Committee proposes that everybody in the UK...
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Chicago is hiring hundreds of new police officers after a deadly Labor Day...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is planning on hiring hundreds of new police officers after the city suffered from one of its deadliest months in the past 20 years, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.The long...
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Walmart customer bizarrely posts footage of fatal shooting while smiling
A Walmart customer filmed the aftermath of a fatal shooting in a Kansas store's parking lot and posted the video on Facebook.In the video, Wendy Russell Macrorie shows what appears to be a dead body...
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Scientists just got closer to understanding the genetic roots of crime — and...
There is no easy explanation for why some people commit crimes and others don't.Similarly, there's no easy answer to the question of why some people end up in jails and prisons while others do not....
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This rarely-known case raises discussions on defendants who suffer brain damage
A little-known case in Alaska raises essential questions about the meaning of criminal intent under law: Can a man be convicted of assault for endangering others when the crime occurs while he is...
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Chicago hit a two-decade high for having 3,000 shootings this year
Another bloody weekend in Chicago has catapulted its total number of shootings this year over the 3,000 mark – a two-decade high for the midwestern city. Around 480 of those shootings have been fatal;...
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A new fingerprint technique could revolutionize the way we solve gun crime
Despite the development of DNA profiling for criminal investigation, fingerprints remain the most common type of forensic evidence to be recovered from a crime scene.From the first identifications...
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Chicago to hire 970 more police officers amid violent year
The Chicago Police Department plans to add 970 new positions over the next two years as it struggles to deal with a violent year full of killings and gun crimes.Chicago police spokesman Anthony...
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